Table 1.

Participant characteristics.

Parameters	Discovery	Replication
N	12,140	118
Female (%)	46.8	45.8
Age, years (mean ± SD)	50.3 ± 13.2	49.0 ± 12.3
Black tea consumption, cups/day (mean ± SD)	0.20 ± 0.51	0.15 ± 0.41
Drinking frequency, times/week (mean ± SD)	2.21 ± 2.67	2.63 ± 2.76
Alcohol consumption, g/day (means ± SD)	7.10 ± 11.94	9.87 ± 15.02
Coffee consumption, cups/day (mean ± SD)	1.70 ± 1.50	1.64 ± 1.28
Sweet taste preference, (mean ± SD)	3.74 ± 0.90	3.72 ± 0.89
BMI, kg/m2 (mean ± SD)	23.1 ± 3.7	23.9 ± 4.0

BMI: body mass index, SD: standard deviation.